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Protests persist over abortion rights

Abortion rights activists Terrie Moore -Jolly voices her opinion during a protest near the CNN Center Saturday, June 25, 2022. (Steve Schaefer / steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

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Downtown Atlanta sees second day of protests following Roe reversal
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June 25, 2022 Atlanta - Attendees walk in a conference room during National Right to Life’s 51st convention at the Atlanta Airport Marriott Hotel in Atlanta on Saturday, June 25, 2022.(Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Georgia activists in abortion debate turn focus to November elections
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June 24, 2022 Atlanta - People march to protest the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in downtown Atlanta on Friday, June 24, 2022. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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In abortion ruling’s wake, Georgians remain divided, determined
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A celebration outside the Supreme Court, Friday, June 24, 2022, in Washington. The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years — a decision by its conservative majority to overturn the court's landmark abortion cases. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

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Abortion ruling likely shifts focus of Georgia 2022 campaigns
Abortion rights demonstrators protest in downtown Atlanta in response to The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade on Friday, June 24, 2022. (Natrice Miller / natrice.miller@ajc.com)

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Some firms expand health coverage after abortion ruling, others mum
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Steve Sadow, defense attorney, is offering free legal services to anyone who is prosecuted due to abortions.

Prominent Atlanta lawyer will rep anyone prosecuted for abortions for free
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Abortion in Georgia: Here is what’s currently legal — and not
Abortion right activists gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, June 24, 2022. The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years, a decision by its conservative majority to overturn the court's landmark abortion cases. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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Supreme Court abortion decision: Full coverage
The famed Briarcliff Mansion, also known as Candler Mansion, in 2014. (Save Briarcliff / Candler Mansion Facebook photo.)

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Coca-Cola heir’s long-abandoned mansion to become a senior living community
In March, school and school security leaders from around Georgia met with Gov. Brian Kemp at the Governor's Mansion in Buckhead to share their safety concerns. Kemp spoke again about the issue Thursday at the conclusion of a school safety conference in Columbus led by the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency. (AJC file photo)

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Georgia putting more money into school safety
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Darlene Nicole Brister, 40, was charged with two counts of malice murder and is being held without bond in a Paulding County jail. Her charges stem from a house fire Friday night in which three children died and another was hospitalized with burn wounds, Paulding fire officials confirmed.

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Deputies: 3 children die after domestic disturbance linked to fire at home
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A billboard along I-95 in Hollywood, Florida, on May 26, 2022, is part of an 80-billboard campaign to combat Florida's new "Parental Rights in Education" law, labeled "Don't say gay" by critics. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun Sentinel/TNS)

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Georgia teen: School should be safe haven for students to say and be gay
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President Joe Biden signs into law S. 2938, the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act gun safety bill, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Saturday, June 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Biden signs landmark gun measure, says 'lives will be saved'
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‘No hesitation’: Local officers train for active shooter incidents
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U.S. House committee proposes funding Bourdeaux’s plan for dead malls
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Kwajelyn Jackson, third from left, the director of the Feminist Women’s Health Center, speaks during a 2019 press conference about the lawsuit challenging Georgia's restrictive anti-abortion law. (Alyssa Pointer/alyssa.pointer@ajc.com)

Eyes on appeals court as Georgians wait to see local impact of abortion ruling
Protesters gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, June 24, 2022. The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years, a decision by its conservative majority to overturn the court's landmark abortion cases. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Georgia Republicans in Congress cheer, Democrats lament abortion ruling
FILE - Investigators search for evidences outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, May 25, 2022, after an 18-year-old gunman killed 19 students and two teachers. The district’s superintendent said Wednesday, June 22, that Chief Pete Arredondo, the Uvalde school district’s police chief,  has been put on leave following allegations that he erred in his response to the mass shooting.  (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

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House passes gun safety package, Biden expected to sign quickly
Demonstrators who support and oppose abortion rights sit in the lobby at the Capitol in March as members of the Senate debate House Bill 481, now the state’s new anti-abortion “heartbeat” law. The polarizing issue has not triggered the kind of response from Georgia’s corporate powers that they have shown when other controversial legislation was considered. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

Politically Georgia podcast: Supreme Court reverses Roe v. Wade
11/02/2020 —  Atlanta, Georgia — Former Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams speaks during a Biden-Harris rally in Atlanta’s Summerhill community, Monday, November 2, 2020. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

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‘I am appalled.’ Stacey Abrams blasts Supreme Court’s abortion ruling
Anti-abortion protesters gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, June 24, 2022. The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years, a decision by its conservative majority to overturn the court's landmark abortion cases. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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Georgia not alone: Most neighboring states also plan to ban abortions
Abuse and neglect of elderly and at-risk adults is the focus of a new initiative launched by DeKalb County Wednesday. The office of District Attorney Sherry Boston will lead the group of state regulators and law enforcement agencies. AJC file photo.

DeKalb DA says she would not prosecute abortion-related cases
Portrait of Chris Womack, Georgia Power's chairman, president & CEO, at Georgia Power’s Plant McDonough-Atkinson, on Wednesday, June 8, 2022. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Georgia Power seeks rate hike of nearly 12% over three years
A celebration outside the Supreme Court, Friday, June 24, 2022, in Washington. The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years — a decision by its conservative majority to overturn the court's landmark abortion cases. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

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Abortion ruling likely shifts focus of Georgia 2022 campaigns
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A person looks at materials at the National Right to Life booth at the National Right to Life Convention at the Airport Marriott Hotel in Atlanta on Friday, June 24, 2022. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

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Georgians react to the abortion ruling
Council member Liliana Bakhtiari prepares to take her seat on the dais as the Atlanta City Council held their first in person meeting since they were suspended at start of the pandemic In Atlanta on Monday, March 21, 2022.   (Bob Andres / robert.andres@ajc.com)

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Atlanta City Council members condemn Supreme Court’s abortion ruling
Clayton County Commissioner DeMont Davis said a move to put public comment at the end of commission meetings was equivalent to Jim Crow. LEON STAFFORD/AJC

Clayton County shifts public comments to end of meetings
Fulton County Schools is holding a job fair 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 25, at North Springs High School in Sandy Springs. (Courtesy of Fulton County Public Schools)

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Fulton schools seeking to hire 700 support employees
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (L) talks at a press conference with Fulton County Sheriff Patrick Labat (R) and Atlanta Police Chief Rodney Bryant in Atlanta on Tuesday, May 10, 2022. (Steve Schaefer / steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

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Fulton DA won’t use ‘precious tax dollars’ prosecuting abortion cases
Syringes with Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine shots for children aged 6 months to 4 years old are shown next to vaccine cards, Tuesday, June 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Meet NFL greats, get COVID-19 vaccine Saturday in Fulton
Abuse and neglect of elderly and at-risk adults is the focus of a new initiative launched by DeKalb County Wednesday. The office of District Attorney Sherry Boston will lead the group of state regulators and law enforcement agencies. AJC file photo.

DeKalb DA says she would not prosecute abortion-related cases
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Pamela Dixon paid more than $10,000 in protection money as gangs at Pulaski State Prison have threatened her daughter Mary Lewis, who is an inmate there. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Foster children housed in child welfare offices; officials work to end practice
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger received a call from President Trump on Jan. 2, 2021, when Trump told him to "find" him 11,800 votes to overturn the election results. The AJC's ninth season of the "Breakdown" podcast explores what happened next and whether a crime was committed during the call. (Brynn Anderson / AP)

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‘Breakdown — The Trump Grand Jury’ Ep. 1: The Jan. 2 phone call
For more than 16 years, David Fahey ran The King's Cleft children's ministry with his wife, Kathy Fahey, who died in February. Amid accusations of physical abuse, state authorities have effectively dismantled the ministry, and Fahey faces multiple felony charges. (TYSON HORNE / TYSON.HORNE@AJC.COM)

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Fahamu Pecou on his Paris show, cowrie shells and Nikes, and raising a Black son
In 1961, Andrew Young joined the Atlanta-based Southern Christian Leadership Conference, where he quickly became one of Martin Luther King Jr.'s top lieutenants. Young organized leadership workshops and voter registration drives, becoming the SCLC's executive director in 1964. This photo is from a 1967 press conference. (Bob Dendy / AJC Archive at GSU Library AJCN160-097f)

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Robin McGee plays civil rights activist and gospel singer Fannie Lou Hamer in the one-woman show “Fannie,” a True Colors Theatre presentation continuing through July 10 at the Southwest Arts Center.
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Solo True Colors show spotlights activist Hamer
Hasani Sahlehe's "Pharoah" (left) and Marcus Kenney's "Act of Reason" at Meals on Wheels Headquarters in Atlanta. Courtesy of SCAD

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Sports
Braves designated hitter Marcell Ozuna, facing, celebrates his two-run home run with catcher William Contreras (24) against the Los Angeles Dodgers during the eighth inning to take a 5-3 lead at Truist Park Saturday, June 25, 2022, in Atlanta. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)

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